Written and performed by Nora Burns (comedian and founder of comedy troupe The Nellie Olesons), this fast-paced one-woman show is a multi-media powerful and sensory-driven performance bringing to life a time in her past when she and her best friend, David, experienced the wild and crazy times of the New York gay scene together.

David's Friend

A comic odyssey about cruising, disco, drag queens, strippers, sex, love, loss, and AIDS, told with music, videos, costumes, characters, tall tales and torrid truths.

Alex, a young artist of the Harlem Renaissance, flirts with the idea of bisexuality through posturing and conversations he has with his girlfriend, Melva, and his Bohemian mentor, Raymond. Then he meets Beauty, a Latin man who pursues Alex with poetry and fire, and the fun turns to earnest. The music of a concert performance breaks the floodgates of Alex's desires, and he finds himself torn between Melva and Beauty. Which one will he choose?&nbsp;Based on a short story by&nbsp;Robert Bruce Nugent, shockingly penned in 1926, with narration by Billy Porter,&nbsp;Smoke, Lilies and Jade&nbsp;is a beauty to behold.

Smoke, Lilies and Jade

A Harlem Renaissance writer grapples with his attraction to another man and how to make important, socially conscious art.

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David's Friend w/ Smoke, Lillies & Jade

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The 13th Annual Fort Lauderdale Edition of the OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival. The best in queer cinema from around the world--feature length, short films, narrative, documentaries, comedy, drama, romance, suspense. Our mission is to inspire, entertain, and educate.

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